Seth Warner

Seth Warner (17 May 1743-26 December 1784) was a colonel in the Continental Army of the United States and the Green Mountain Boys of the Vermont Republic during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Seth Warner was born on 17 May 1743 in Roxbury, Connecticut on the frontier, and he was a cousin of Remember Baker, who was cousins with Ethan Allen; Warner and Allen were not related. Warner served in the militia for two years during the French and Indian War, and in 1763 his father purchased land at Bennington, Vermont (then known as the "New Hampshire Grants". During a land dispute with New York, Warner joined the Green Mountain Boys, and on 10-11 May 1775 Warner served under Allen at the capture of Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. Warner was elected as the Lieutenant-Colonel of the Green Mountain Boys when they were recognized as a regiment in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and he fought in the invasion of Canada under Benedict Arnold in the winter of 1775. Warner's force was stationed in New York after the invasion, and on 7 July 1777 he engaged the British Army at the Battle of Hubbardton, which was a tactical British victory but a strategic American victory in that Simon Fraser was persuaded to end his pursuit of the American army. In August, Warner and John Stark defeated the Hessians at the Battle of Bennington, and on 20 March 1778 he became the only Brigadier-General from the Vermont Republic. He was wounded at Fort George on 6 September 1780 by Native Americans, and he died at the age of 41 on 26 December 1784 in Woodbury, homeless and in debt.